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| The UMM student team provided analog rice options for diabetics. (Photo: Istimewah) |
Indonesia is still one of the countries with the highest diabetes cases. From year to year, the prevalence of diabetes continues to increase. Seeing this phenomenon, a team of students from the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) through the Research-Student Creativity Program (PKM – RE) created analog rice as a substitute food for people with diabetes. The PKM project was worked on by Rizqi Zidhani Widya Iswara, Dwi Wahyu Lestari, Silvia Feby Rusantiyadi and Anggita Yumadinda who were members of one group.
This PKM with the title "Analog Rice from Taro Bulbs with the Addition of Mangosteen Skin as a Substitute for Diabetes Patients" has passed funding from the Directorate General of Higher Education (Dikti) last May. Rizqi Zidhani, as the team leader, explained that Indonesian people could not be separated from rice as a staple food. Therefore, analog rice, which is similar to rice, can be a suitable food substitute for people with diabetes.
"Rice analog, which is similar to rice in general, can be a substitute staple food for those who have diabetes," she added.
The main ingredients of this analog rice consist of taro tubers and mangosteen rind. Rizqi, as she is known, explained that the content of taro which is rich in fiber is suitable for people with diabetes. Even with the nutrients in the skin of the mangosteen, which contains antioxidants, it helps increase the body's resistance for those who consume it. In addition, it can also prevent harmful radiation from outside the body.
"The fiber content in taro and antioxidants in mangosteen peel is very good for people with diabetes. At the same time, it can speed up healing, which is usually a problem," she continued.
Meanwhile, they have conducted research related to this PKM project from May to August. At the beginning of the study, they have prepared analysis and basic materials, followed by making analog rice from June to August. Rizqi said that the results of this research would later be published in a research journal.
This Food Technology Study Program student said that which would register the results of this research with Intellectual Property Rights (HAKI). It also conducts a feasibility test on rice so that it is safe for consumption and marketed. "My team and I hope that the analog rice from this research can be a substitute that can be widely consumed for people with diabetes, as well as help the healing process," she said at the end.(apg/haq/wil)
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